Dear Adobe users,
I would like to import an Open Inventor .iv file in order to just simply create a 3D pdf. Following the description (http://www.acrobatusers.com/tech_corners/3d/3d_resources/Acrobat3D_Supported_File_Formats.pdf) OpenInventor files should be supported. Opening the .iv file always results in an unknown format error in Acrobat 3D Toolkit. I am using Adobe Acrobat Toolkit 8.1.0 in a trial mode.
Thanks for the help...
The thing is the Acrobat 3D Toolkit, very much like the products from Right Hemisphere, claim to support SGI OpenInventor iv format but in fact they don't. What I did was to view the iv file with the ivview which is a part of Open Inventor Tools
http://merlin.fit.vutbr.cz/wiki/index.php/Open_Inventor_Tools
The iv file has to be ASCI not binary otherwise ivview will not work. Once loaded in this Windows based OpenInventor viewer, i.e. ivview, you can capture its content with Acrobat 3D. In Acrobat 3D v8 you can export the model data as VRML and later on use the Toolkit to export it as a U3D file for example. In Acrobat 3D v9 you have to use the 3D Reviewer from where you can export it as U3D.
Sounds complicated but it is the only solution. I am not sure why Adobe makes claims about supporting the IV format. Can anybody from Adobe comment on this?